Cornice Missile
Quick reportjlcurtat · Jan 4, 2025 · Kootenay Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
Areas directly below ridges were wind affected and the thin wind slab was breaking under feet at we skied, limited propagation. Ski quality improved lower. Multiple hand shears on W side of cornice ridge were failing easily down 30cm.
Snowpack
- Depth
- 165
- Obs Type
- point
- Site Aspect
- SE
- Test Fracture
- sudden
- Site Elevation
- 2100
- Ski Penetration
- 10
- Test Initiation
- easy
- Foot Penetration
- 25
- Test Failure Depth
- 15
- Site Elevation Band
- tln
- Surface Conditions
- newSnow
Dug one pit. ECT:3 Sudden planar, 15cm down. No propagation. Second failure Hard 27: Resistant planar down 40cm on a thin crust. No propagation. Same results on CT. There is a thin ice layer about 100cm down with a few cm of 4 finger snow on top of it.